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Minnesota (10-5) at Phoenix (9-6)
- When: Nov 21 2025, 9:00 PM
- Where: Mortgage Matchup Center, Phoenix, AZ, USA
- TV: FDSNX
Minnesota vs Phoenix Preview & Prediction
Spread: Minnesota -4.0
Moneyline: Minnesota (-170)
Total: 233.0
Minnesota vs Phoenix: Chaos Cup Showdown Betting Preview
The NBA Cup marches on, and nobody knows what the rules are. That’s not a joke. Even Anthony Edwards flat out admitted it. But hey, winning games works, so that’s the Wolves’ strategy. Revolutionary.
Friday night in Phoenix brings a matchup between two teams that are technically Cup contenders, emotionally confused, and mathematically still alive.
Minnesota Timberwolves: The “We Don’t Know the Rules but We Win Anyway” Squad
Anthony Edwards is treating this NBA Cup thing like a Fortnite tournament he forgot he entered but is accidentally dominating. He’s dropped 67 points across two Cup games and looks like the kid at recess who refuses to lose in anything.
Minnesota enters this one at 10 and 5 overall and undefeated in Cup play. And yes, they actually look dangerous. They just dusted Washington thanks to Julius Randle doing Julius Randle things — 32 points, 10 rebounds — and Naz Reid coming off the bench like he found a cheat code.
The Wolves have won eight of their last ten, losing only to Denver and New York, which are acceptable losses unless you’re a perfectionist, which they most definitely are not.
Their biggest problem? Their first Cup road game comes against a Phoenix team that is unpredictable, streaky, and occasionally powered by sorcery.
Phoenix Suns: The “Please Hold a Lead, For Once” Department
The Suns were ten seconds away from being the hottest team in the West, until they remembered they’re the Suns and surrendered a 22 point fourth-quarter lead to Atlanta like they were trying to get featured on a blooper reel.
But credit where due: they bounced back in Portland and smacked the Blazers 127 to 110 behind 19 points from Devin Booker and 19 more from Collin Gillespie, who is somehow becoming legitimately important. The man has racked up numbers nobody expected and is now statistically in the same early-season company as LaMelo Ball and Russell Westbrook.
That’s not a sentence anyone thought they’d say out loud.
The Suns have a soft early schedule but a brutal stretch coming, and every Cup win matters. That is, assuming anyone eventually understands how this tournament works.
Betting Angle and Prediction
Minnesota looks sharper, deeper, and less fragile in close games. Phoenix can score, but their defense sometimes clocks out early. Edwards keeps rolling, the Wolves survive a wild finish, and the Cup confusion continues.
Final Score: Timberwolves 119, Suns 113
Lean: Minnesota -4.0
Total: Under 233.0
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